What's the last movie you saw?

[acroig]

i was trying to be nice

That was not worth the effort, IMHO.

[Silent-Runner]

That was not worth the effort, IMHO.

oh well, yes, the movie sucked

[SubCog]

Black Widow. Well, it was .....a bit underwhelming.

I ended up watching it a second time ('cause the wife reeeeeaaaaally wanted to watch it even though I saw it the previous evening), and honestly it was much better on the second viewing. Lots of plot points just didn't really stick on the first time watching.

Honestly it's not a terrible movie. Not great either. It's one of the weaker MCU films for sure.

[KAC]

Old. When I saw that Shamalamalayn a-hole I knew it would be bad/10.

[KAC]

No time to die. 10/10.

[SubCog]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 6.5/10. Better than I expected.

I think this was the first time I ever watched through it start to finish. Despite it's bad reputation, I actually thought there was lots of great stuff in this film.

It's slow, in a 2001 Space Odyssey kind of way, but if you know that going in, and you're in the right mood for a slow-burn film, it's fine... actually can be pretty great. Lot's of long, slow, spaceship porn, that lets the audience revel in the scale & majesty of Star Trek space-life.

The first half of the film is much stronger than the last. Lots of great character building, subtle cues about what each character has been doing since the tv series ended, a very cinematic tone & production values, and a very compelling storyline. It really captures the sense of life in the space-navy, and the politics that go along with being an employee of the galactic federation.

Unfortunately the film fails to stick the landing. The overall story ends up being fairly simple (a by-product of how slow the story moves along), and the ending relies entirely on one specific punch-line about the identity of the villain "V'ger" that only sort-of works... there's a great idea here, but the execution is lacking.
Then they further ruin things by throwing in some other stuff about humans merging with the machine to achieve a higher plane of being, which ends up being stupid and unnecessary, and falls completely flat. The ending is quite a failure actually, and feels like maybe it went through a series of last-minute rewrites by committee... very disappointing because the early part of the movie has such a strong and cohesive creative vision.

[Meteor_of_War]

I actually do really like Start Trek The Motion picture. But I feel its mostly nostalgia from when I was a kid and watched it so much. I used to be blown away by the long cinematic space scenes.

Side note, also the Blu-Ray for this movie (and all the original Star Trek movies) looks incredible.

[acroig]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 6.5/10. Better than I expected.

Which version did you see? Theatrical or Director's Cut? DC has a much better third act.

[acroig]

I actually do really like Start Trek The Motion picture. But I feel its mostly nostalgia from when I was a kid and watched it so much. I used to be blown away by the long cinematic space scenes.

Side note, also the Blu-Ray for this movie (and all the original Star Trek movies) looks incredible.

The 4K remaster of the Director's Cut will be awesome.

[SubCog]

Which version did you see? Theatrical or Director's Cut? DC has a much better third act.

I didn't know there was a director's cut. I watched the one that's in this package: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08F6X4MY1

[acroig]

I didn't know there was a director's cut. I watched the one that's in this package: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08F6X4MY1

Theatrical cut, Drirector's Cut is this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Picture-Directors-Collectors/dp/B00005JKHP/ref=asc_df_B00005JKHP/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312193749052&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8056793911593017557&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010961&hvtargid=pla-492306428611&psc=1

Coming next year in remastered 4K.

https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-motion-picture-4k-remaster-directors-edition-clip/

[SubCog]

Theatrical cut, Drirector's Cut is this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Picture-Directors-Collectors/dp/B00005JKHP/ref=asc_df_B00005JKHP/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312193749052&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8056793911593017557&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010961&hvtargid=pla-492306428611&psc=1

Coming next year in remastered 4K.

https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/...-edition-clip/

I watched through a comparison of the separate versions on youtube. You're right, that the Director's Cut is alot better... although it doesn't really fix some of the stupid stuff at the end. There's still quite a bit that doesn't work.

[acroig]

I watched through a comparison of the separate versions on youtube. You're right, that the Director's Cut is alot better... although it doesn't really fix some of the stupid stuff at the end. There's still quite a bit that doesn't work.

Honestly TMP is the most Star Trek movie of them all. High concepts that no other movie in the franchise went after. Not for everyone, I get that.

[SubCog]

Honestly TMP is the most Star Trek movie of them all. High concepts that no other movie in the franchise went after. Not for everyone, I get that.

Honestly I think they should have either gone with Voyager 6 returning to Earth, or man melding with machine into a higher life form, but squishing them together didn't work well.

One particular problem was the part where Captain Decker says "I want to join with the machine! I want this, as badly as you wanted the enterprise!" That decision needed to be set up WAAAAAY better. Throughout the film, he's set up as sortof a younger version of Kirk, wanting nothing more than to be a starship captain, despite his somewhat rough personality. They should have written into his character some desire to be seeking communion with a higher power, or wanting to know the mysteries of the universe, or something like that to justify his choice at the end. Or they could have gone another direction and focused on how desperately he loved Ilia, and this would be his one chance to be with her. Either one would have EARNED the final story beat... although I'm still not sure it would have fully worked.

If I could rewrite the ending, I would have just left it with them transmitting the code and satisfying V'Ger to leave Earth alone (similar to the end of Star Trek 4). V'Ger could sent them a ton of valuable info about the planets in the galaxy, and they could say "Our scientists will be analyzing this for centuries!", then V'Ger says "Thanks, now that my mission is complete I can go explore higher dimensions", and then disappeared. Maybe robot Ilia gets left behind, and can start to rekindle her relationship with Captain Decker? I think that ending would have had plenty of that "sense of wonder" that they were going for, without biting off more than they could chew. Then Dr. McCoy, rather than saying his dumb line about birthing a new baby lifeform, could say something about sending the kid off to college.

[acroig]

Honestly I think they should have either gone with Voyager 6 returning to Earth, or man melding with machine into a higher life form, but squishing them together didn't work well.

One particular problem was the part where Captain Decker says "I want to join with the machine! I want this, as badly as you wanted the enterprise!" That decision needed to be set up WAAAAAY better. Throughout the film, he's set up as sortof a younger version of Kirk, wanting nothing more than to be a starship captain, despite his somewhat rough personality. They should have written into his character some desire to be seeking communion with a higher power, or wanting to know the mysteries of the universe, or something like that to justify his choice at the end. Or they could have gone another direction and focused on how desperately he loved Ilia, and this would be his one chance to be with her. Either one would have EARNED the final story beat... although I'm still not sure it would have fully worked.

If I could rewrite the ending, I would have just left it with them transmitting the code and satisfying V'Ger to leave Earth alone (similar to the end of Star Trek 4). V'Ger could sent them a ton of valuable info about the planets in the galaxy, and they could say "Our scientists will be analyzing this for centuries!", then V'Ger says "Thanks, now that my mission is complete I can go explore higher dimensions", and then disappeared. Maybe robot Ilia gets left behind, and can start to rekindle her relationship with Captain Decker? I think that ending would have had plenty of that "sense of wonder" that they were going for, without biting off more than they could chew. Then Dr. McCoy, rather than saying his dumb line about birthing a new baby lifeform, could say something about sending the kid off to college.

Gotta say, loved the spoiler tag for a movie from '79.

[Silent-Runner]

Gotta say, loved the spoiler tag for a movie from '79.

better be on the safe side before one of our Karens gets his/her panties in a bunch

[jimmyboy]

better be on the safe side before one of our Karens gets his/her panties in a bunch

I saw "Le Voyage dans la Lune" (1902). It was cool that they brought back to earth one of the Moon-men. The effects were pretty solid, too, though it felt a bit slow in some parts. Overall, recommended.

Put it in spoilers! I demand to speak to your manager!!!

[SubCog]

Gotta say, loved the spoiler tag for a movie from '79.

Geez I wasn't even conceived yet!

[KAC]

Geez I wasn't even conceived yet!

You were…

[Kain]

Watched two movies: There's Someone Inside Your House and Halloween Kills.

Liked both but liked Halloween Kills more. I liked Halloween Kills quite a bit more than the 2018 movie. Less humor (which I liked) with some really brutal stuff/kills. Looking forward to Halloween Ends.

[acroig]

No Time To Die (first post-pandemic in theater). 7/10

[pax]

Damn must feel good to break that ice... Im gonna try and catch Dune (again) on the big screen (also first time since pandemic) once the lockdown is done in a week just in time for its release.

[pax]

The Suicide Squad: 7 laughs out of 10 brutal kills.

[koralis]

No Time to Die... perfect capstone.

[Silent-Runner]

The suicide squad. Exactly what i expected. 1/10

[KAC]

Dune. White boy goes after a black girl in the desert/10.

[ATI FURY-OUS]

Suicide Squad 2021

4/10

for the millenials that have a disengaded brain from birth

[Eisberg]

I just realized that I have not seen a bond movie since the Pierce Bronson 007 movies.

[Silent-Runner]

I just realized that I have not seen a bond movie since the Pierce Bronson 007 movies.

they kinda lost their magic long time ago. They're not bad per se, it's just that there are hundreds of movies like that, so they no longer stand out of the mass. I really loved the early ones back then. But lately i find most of them very much 'meh'.

[Nascar24]

Watched two movies: There's Someone Inside Your House and Halloween Kills.

Liked both but liked Halloween Kills more. I liked Halloween Kills quite a bit more than the 2018 movie. Less humor (which I liked) with some really brutal stuff/kills. Looking forward to Halloween Ends.

Huh????????? This movie was a total comedy.

Halloween Kills (The Comedy) - 2 boners/10

[pax]

Looking forward to Halloween Ends

So am I...

[Kain]

Huh????????? This movie was a total comedy.

Halloween Kills (The Comedy) - 2 boners/10

Intentional or unintentional comedy? There was definitely less humor than the 2018 movie. I was just there for the kills and Halloween atmosphere.

Edit: I did find the following kill funny where Michael Myers swings open the car door on the woman shooting at him making her accidently shoot herself in the head.

[andino]

Injustice.

It's a DC Animation movie of the Injustice comics. It's pretty good. Not as good as the comics but they had to change a lot to fit it in movie form. The comics are MUCH better.

I liked it though. I'd give it a 7.5~8/10.

[KAC]

I thought injustice was the weakest animation to come out of DC recently. Also it has been universally panned. What did you like about it? All the characters were completely out of character for being Justice League.

[Lazy8s]

Free Guy

It was entertaining. 7/10

[andino]

I thought injustice was the weakest animation to come out of DC recently. Also it has been universally panned. What did you like about it? All the characters were completely out of character for being Justice League.

I thought that the premise was still sound. The only problem that I had with it was that the comics were so well loved and had a ton of stuff in them. It was going to be hard to fit all that happened in the comics into one movie. So some things were left out. The main concepts though were left in just with different characters doing the lines and actions.

Granted, there were character motivations that were glossed over in the movie where you had pages of the decision making processes in the comics. So in the movie it looks like one character goes from A to B quickly. But if they actually did the movie as a straight visualization of the comics it would have taken 3 or 4 movies to fill.

But, honestly, they have done the same thing with every movie that they have. They have to cut stuff and change stuff to make it fit in that format.

The main problem here is that Injustice was so damn good in Comic format that no matter what DC Animation did, it would be hated by the fans.

[UberBeavis]

Halloween Kills. I've seen scarier things in my toilet after a night of Taco Bell.

[acroig]

Halloween Kills. I've seen scarier things in my toilet after a night of Taco Bell.

, ROFL! +rep

[Munkus]

Dune - 8/10. Very good, but only half the story. Gotta wait 2-3 years for the rest, I guess.

[Lazy8s]

Dune - 8/10. Very good, but only half the story. Gotta wait 2-3 years for the rest, I guess.

We’re going to watch it tomorrow night, can’t wait.